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The Aces were formed as a semi-professional team in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (PSHL) in 1989 and became a charter member of the professional West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) in 1995. When the WCHL was absorbed by the East Coast Hockey League in 2003, the team joined the merged ECHL.
The beginning of the 20th Century brought a new dimension to ice hockeyâthe professional player. The first professional league formed in 1904 in the United States. The Pro Hockey League was started in Michiganâs Upper Peninsula and lasted three years.